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Blog adalah kependekan dari Weblog, istilah yang pertama kali digunakan oleh Jorn Barger pada bulan Desember 1997. Jorn Barger menggunakan istilah Weblog untuk menyebut kelompok website pribadi yang selalu diupdate secara kontinyu dan berisi link-link ke website lain yang mereka anggap menarik disertai dengan komentar-komentar mereka sendiri. Blog kemudian berkembang mencari bentuk sesuai dengan kemauan para pembuatnya atau para Blogger. Blog yang pada mulanya merupakan “catatan perjalanan” seseorang di Internet, yaitu link ke website yang dikunjungi dan dianggap menarik, kemudian menjadi jauh lebih menarik daripada sebuah daftar link. Hal ini disebabkan karena para Blogger biasanya juga tidak lupa menyematkan komentar-komentar “cerdas” mereka, pendapat-pendapat pribadi dan bahkan mengekspresikan sarkasme mereka pada link yang mereka buat. Dari komentar-komentar tadi biasanya Blog kemudian menjadi jendela yang memungkinkan kita “mengintip” isi kepala dan kehidupan sehari-hari dari penciptanya.

Blog adalah cara mudah untuk mengenal kepribadian seseorang Blogger. Topik-topik apa yang dia sukai dan tidak dia sukai, apa yang dia pikirkan terhadap link-link yang dia pilih, apa tanggapannya pada suatu isu. Seluruhnya biasanya tergambar jelas dari Blog-nya. Karena itu Blog bersifat sangat personal. Roger Yim, seorang kolumnis San Francisco Gate pada artikelnya di Februari 2001, menuliskan bahwa sebuah Blog adalah persilangan antara diary seseorang dan daftar link di Internet. Sedang Scott Rosenberg dalam kolomnya di majalah online Salon pada May 1999 menyimpulkan bahwa Blog berada pada batasan website yang lebih bernyawa daripada sekedar kumpulan link tapi kurang instrospektif dari sekedar sebuah diary yang disimpan di internet.

Perkembangan lain dari Blog yaitu ketika kemudian Blog bahkan tidak lagi memuat link-link tapi hanya berupa tulisan tentang apa yang seorang Blogger pikirkan, rasakan, hingga apa yang dia lakukan sehari-hari. Blog kemudian juga menjadi Diary Online yang berada di Internet. Satu-satunya hal yang membedakan Blog dari Diary atau Jurnal yang biasa kita miliki adalah bahwa Blog dibuat untuk dibaca orang lain. Para Blogger dengan sengaja mendesain Blog-nya dan isinya untuk dinikmati orang lain. [Enda nasution]

referensi : http://enda.goblogmedia.com/apa-itu-blog.html

Beberapa jawaban lain yang ditemukan dengan mengetikan "define:Blog" (tanpa tanda kutip) pada Google search box (30 Oktober 2006).

Definitions of Blog on the Web:

• Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site. www.bytowninternet.com/glossary
• A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. www.conceptwebsites.com/SEO/common-terms.htm
• An online Journal. matra.sourceforge.net/misc/glossary.php
• A blog is information that is instantly published to a Web site. Blog scripting allows someone to automatically post information to a Web site. The information first goes to a blogger Web site. Then the information is automatically inserted into a template tailored for your Web site. mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
• A short form for weblog, a frequent and chronological publication of comments and thoughts on the web. They usually include philosophical reflections, opinions on the Internet and social or political issues. www.epolitix.com/NR/exeres/0CE8163A-7446-43D7-A038-91C95E078E97,frameless.htm
• a public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog's creator. www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning-essentials/elearning-glossary.htm
• Web LOG is a journal kept on the internet. This journal is often updated daily and contains all information that the person maintaining the BLOG (Blogger) wishes to share with the world. Also applies to websites dedicated to a particular topic and being updated with the latest news, views and trends. www.optymise.co.nz/resources/glossary.asp
• The name "blog" is a truncated form of "web log" according to Rebecca Blood's essay "Weblogs: a history and perspective." Blog is used to refer to sites that can best be described as mini sites or mini directories, populated with the site owner's personal opinions. Blogs are now popular for business use as well. www.thewebdivision.com/glossary.html
• A weblog or internet diary. Weblogs enable users to publish short comments and ideas instantly for other people to read. Blogging can be an effective communications tool for small groups of people to keep in touch with each other. www.z2z.com/site01/itglos01.html
• A “web log” or online diary. Blogs have been identified as an increasingly popular source of online publication, especially regarding political information, opinion publication and alternative news coverage. www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm
• Blog is short for Web log and is a Web page that has short, frequent updates made to it. Similar to a Web journal or "what's new" page. www.cougarcreationsinc.com/web_definitions.htm
• A personal journal/diary that is available on the web. Boolean Operators: Words, such as AND, OR, and NOT, that are used to connect search terms to broaden or narrow a search. oldweb.uwp.edu/library/2003/intro/glossary.htm
• Shortened term for Web Log, a Web site that is updated on a regular basis, structured in reverse chronological order so that the most recent information is listed first, typically with a strong personal perspective. www.channelventures.com/channelprofessional/channelglossary.html
• Short for weblog, a blog is a quick way to publish news and happenings through a browser based admin panel. Visit PR3.co.uk's Blog . www.pr3.co.uk/seo/seo-glossary.php
  A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. www.tobysimkin.com/reference/Ref_Net_Glossary_Terms.asp
• The word blog is derived from the combination of the two words, web and log. Blogs are virtual diaries created by individuals and stored on the Internet. Blogs generally consist of text and images and can appear in a calendar type format. www.netalert.net.au/01990-Glossary.asp
• Short for Weblog. Any portion of a Web site that is constantly updated with new information. www.jasgraph.com/jasgraph_pages/glossary.html
• From: http://www.answers.com/blogs (WeBLOG) A Web site that contains dated entries in reverse chronological order (most recent first) about a particular topic. Functioning as an online journal, blogs can be written by one person or a group of contributors. Entries contain commentary and links to other Web sites, and images as well as a search facility may also be included. www.flinknet.com/summer/28/some-helpful-definitions
• Short for "Web Log," this term refers to a list of journal entries posted on a Web page. Anybody who knows how to create and publish a Web page can publish their own blog. Some Web hosts have made it even easier by creating an interface where users can simply type a text entry and hit "publish" to publish their blog. Because of the simplicity of creating a blog, many people (often young kids and adults) have found a new presence on the Web. ... www.dsl-experts.com/broadband_glossary_b.htm
• A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people. People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com. ... www.baclass.panam.edu/mana3333/glossary/chapter02.html
• Blog (originally weblog) is a diary or history. Blogs are used by all types of entity from corporates to personal users. Most personal blogs are anonymous and typically refer to issues in daily life – usually centred on the working environment. www.winters.co.uk/factsheets/ecommerce.html
• Online journal of a website owner. The term BLOG comes from web log. prowebster.com/glossary.htm
• "A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically—like a what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly—from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction." source pubpages.unh.edu/~anm2/glossary.html
• a "web log" produced with Blogger; a type of personal diary posted on the internet. Blueline: is a proof made with photosensitized paper from the final offset negatives that will be used to make the final printing plates. www.dupinanddupin.com/b.html
• A collaborative space either stand alone or within a website that visitors can post comments, link to, add to, or just read on a weekly, daily, hourly basis. Used extensively on journalism sites for breaking news etc. www.whitespace-strategy.co.uk/knowledge_phrasebook.php
• web log: a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies; "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order"
  read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• A weblog (usually shortened to blog, but occasionally spelled web log) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order). Although most early weblogs were manually updated, tools to automate the maintenance of such sites made them accessible to a much larger population, and the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog